Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

BR 8/1978

FISHERIES (PROTECTED SPECIES) ORDER 1978

[made under section 5 of the Fisheries Act 1972 [title 25 item 8] and brought into operation on 1 April 1978]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Citation and commence ment

2 Protected species

Citation and commencement

1 This Order may be cited as the Fisheries (Protected Species) Or der 1978 and shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1978.

Protected species

2 The taking of any fish of the following types anywhere within the exclusive economic zone is prohibited—

(1) Marine turtles of all species (Reptilia, Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) ;

(2) Marine mammals of all species (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) ;

(3) Corals of all types, (including stony corals, sea rods and seafans) ;

(4) Queen conch (Strombus gigas);

(5) Harbour conch (Strombus costatus);

(6) Bermuda cone (Conus bermudensis);

(7) Netted olive (Oliva reticularis);

(8) Bermuda scallop (Pecten ziczac);

(9) Calico scallop (Argopecten gibbus);

(10) Atlantic Pearl Oyster (Pinctada imbricata);

(11) Helmets and Bonnets of all species (Mollusca Cassidi dae);

(12) Calico clam (Macrocallista maculata);

(13) West Indian top-shell (Cittarium pica), formerly known as Livona pica);

(14) Parrotfishes of all species.

[paragraph 2 amended by by BR 44/1989 effective 24 November 1989; by BR 46/1993 effective 28 September 1993 and by 1996:10 effective 11 June 1996]